NAIA Coaches Place Football at No. 8 Heading into Fall

By Mike DeVader, Reinhardt Director of Athletic Communications & Media

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the release of the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Preseason Poll on Monday, the Reinhardt Eagles will begin the 2021 campaign in the same position they wrapped up play in late April – No. 8 in the nation.

The hometown squad will soon be back on the field after completing its postponed 2020 slate in the spring (9-1) with another appearance in the NAIA Football Championship Series Quarterfinals.

Reinhardt picked up 310 voting points in the rating, which can be viewed in its entirety here.

The Eagles – who open the season one month from today on the road at Kennesaw State on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. – are projected to win their sixth Appalachian Division crown within the Mid-South Conference in-a-row.

The rest of the 2021 schedule and news about tickets will be announced shortly.

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